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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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